# How Social Networks Differ from Communities | Blog

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-social-networks-differ-from-communities-blog/217937
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**Created:** [February 11, 2022, 10:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-social-networks-differ-from-communities-blog/217937 "2022-02-11T22:30:47Z")
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### Author: ![justin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/justin/32/157614_2.png) [@justin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/justin)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2022, 10:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-social-networks-differ-from-communities-blog/217937/5 "2022-02-17T22:33:38Z")

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> [@justin](#):
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> I have another article I’m working on defining the difference between audience and community.

Here it is!

> [@Audience vs. Community: What’s the Difference? | Blog](https://meta.discourse.org/t/audience-vs-community-what-s-the-difference-blog/218577):
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> Audience and community are similar enough they basically seem to be the same thing. In reality, this is quite far from the truth. This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [https://blog.discourse.org/2022/02/audience-vs-community](https://blog.discourse.org/2022/02/audience-vs-community)

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